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February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Duke Patterson, left, and Dan Cropsey, both of Jackson, prepare the dough to be cut and rolled into paczki Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. At least 500 dozen paczki will be made to help raise money for the parish. To buy reprints or merchandise of this and other Citizen Patriot photos, visit citpat.photoreprintservices.com

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Boxes full of a dozen paczki are stacked on top of each other Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. At least 500 dozen paczki will be made to help raise money for the parish. To buy reprints or merchandise of this and other Citizen Patriot photos, visit citpat.photoreprintservices.com

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Steve Job, of Jackson, carefully watches over a batch of paczki as he fries them in grease Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. Job said he enjoys spending this "special day with the parish family." At least 500 dozen paczki will be made to help raise money for the parish. To buy reprints or merchandise...

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Duke Patterson, of Jackson, cuts dough into equally sized balls in preparation for them to be rolled into paczki Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. Patterson has been helping with the paczki making for 35 years. "It's just the atmosphere and being part of the church," he said about what keeps him coming back. At...

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Ron Juckett, of Jackson, pulls out a tray of paczki while working in the kitchen Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. "It's fun, the camaraderie of all the people. It's work, but it's fun," Juckett said, who has been volunteering during the paczki making for 12 years. At least 500 dozen paczki will be made...

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Terry Cheney, of Jackson, fills two paczki with raspberry filling Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish. At least 500 dozen paczki will be made to help raise money for the parish. The tradition started approximately 50 years ago when Polish members of the parish started making paczki in their houses and then bringing them to...

February 14, 2012, 9:15PM

Sean Proctor | MLive.com Richard Sitko, of Jackson, walks out of the kitchen and through a partitioned room full of rising dough Tuesday afternoon at Saint Joseph's Catholic Parish while helping make paczki for Fat Tuesday. Sitko, who said he was doing "a little bit of every thing," has been volunteering during paczki making for the last ten years. At...